Tech*Tips 4 dodos is now Life + Web!

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The other day I was reading a post on one of my favorite blogs, Problogger, in which Darren Rowse talked about an experience he had when he was younger, at a self-development retreat. The participants were asked to write their own obituary, imagining that they had lived an entire lifetime, and in the obit they were to write down how they wished to be remembered. Then Darren described how what people think of you is what they say when you are not there, and suggested that we bloggers do a similar exercise. Reflect on what we would like others to say about our blog.

This is really just a roundabout way of asking: refocus, take a step back, are you on track, are you still on the path you set out to walk along? WHAT IS YOUR BLOG REALLY ABOUT?

So I thought long and hard, and I realized that what Tech*Tips was really about was helping people learn how to use the Web, the computer, but not just as an end in itself. We all have skills, we all know how to do something, and most of us know how to do more than one thing. But right now many of us, in spite of our skills, are either unemployed or underemployed.

My goal with this blog is to help people use the magnifying power of the Web to put them on the map. Combine your “real life” skills with some online tools and be heard, be seen, be FOUND by people who need you and are looking for what you do.

Hence the move to Life plus Web.

Thanks for following me this far and welcome to all the newcomers. I trust we will go far together!